From the BBC News Website: The former manager of the Cinecentre in Jersey could open a new cinema in the old Odeon building. … [Read more...]
Ireland to silence mobiles in cinemas, theatres
Ireland's cinemas and theatres have been given the go ahead by the country's communications watchdog to permit the use of mobile phone interceptors. … [Read more...]
Projectionist Arrested For Dirty Titles On Theater Message Line
The New Orleans Channel.com: COVINGTON, La. -- A movie projectionist was arrested and fired for leaving a message about nonexistent dirty movies on a G-rated theater's call-in line. … [Read more...]
Hail to the cinema
From Knoxnews.com: Paul Fischer, the White House projectionist from 1953-86, kept records. The seven presidents he served under saw 5,000 movies. … [Read more...]
The end of the reel for celluloid cinema
From the Scotsman: WATCHING a film on the big screen will never be the same again. The bumps, scratches and cuts caused by deteriorating celluloid were a part of the cinema experience for generations. But Scotland is now at the forefront of the biggest revolution in the industry since the arrival of the talkies almost 80 years ago: the move to … [Read more...]
Vivendi and Viacom sell UCI Cinemas for 270 mln euros
From Reuters.com: France's largest media group Vivendi Universal and U.S. peer Viacom Inc. said on Thursday they had completed the sale of UCI Cinemas' European operations to UK private equity group Terra Firma for 270 million euros ($343.5 million). … [Read more...]
